Garment-clasp.



No. 687,755. Patented; Dec. 3, I90].

's. KATZ. GARMENT CLASP.

[Application filed. m 2a, 1901.\

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TAT-Es ATENT FFHIEW SAMUEL KATZ, OF DES MOINES, IOWA.

GARMENT-CLASP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 687,755, datedDecember 3 1901.

Application filed July 23, 1901.

To 610% whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL KATZ, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Des Moines, Polk county, Iowa, have inventeda new and useful Garment-Clasp, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of this invention is to provide improved means for claspingor grasping the edge of a garment mechanically, and is designed for usein conjunction with suspenders, garment-supporters, and the like.

My invention consists of the construction, arrangement, and combinationof elements hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claim, andillustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a planor face view of the complete device. Fig. 2 is an edge View of thecomplete device, showing the same closed. Fig. 3 is an edge View of thecomplete device, showing the same open.

In the construction of the device as shown the numerals 1O 11 designatemating springarms of a clasp-body, formed of a single piece of springmetal by stamping. The claspbody is doubled upon itself at its center,and the mating spring-arms thereof are pressed into contiguity with eachother. At the point of doubling the clasp-body there is formed an eye orswell 12, shaped and arranged to receive a loop 13. The loop 13 isformed of a single length of wire with parallel sides and rounded endportions, and one of the parallel sides of said loop is pivotallymounted in the eye 12 at the center of the clasp-body. The outerparallel side of the loop 13 is reserved forattachment to a web or strap(not shown) or other suitable supporting device now common and wellknown in garment-supporters. Throughout the major portion of its lengtheach of the arms 10 11 of the clasp-body is of uniform width withparallel edges; but the eye portion is slightly wider than either of thearms, and cars 14 15 are formed on and extend laterally from said armsat the outer ends of the parallel edges thereof. A slideclamp 16, madeof sheet metal and doubled upon itself, is mounted slidingly on andincloses the spring-arms 10 11 of the claspbody. The slide-clamp 16 ismade to fit snugly against the edges and faces of the spring-arms, butis of materially less width Serial No. 69,408. (No model.)

The stud 18 may be secured by solder or any other desired fastening tothe spring-arm 11. The stud 18 is conical and formed with a rounded apexand is of such length that when the spring-arms are drawn together, asshown in Figs. 1 and 2, by a forward movement of the slide-clamp 16 itwill project through the aperture 17. A spring tongue 19 is mounted onthe lower face of the spring-arm l0 and secured thereto by solder orother suitable fastening. The spring-tongue 19 extends forwardly anddownwardly from the lower face of the spring-arm 10 toward the stud 18when the device is open, as shown in Fig. 3, and when the device isclosed said tongue lies between the spring-arms and has its extremity inclose proximity to the stud. \Vhen the spring-arms 1O 11 are separated,the tongue 19 points downwardly, and its free end being back of andbelow the apex of the stud 18 the tongue serves as a stop to limit theamount of the garmentadmitted between said arms 10 11 and the garmentthus prevented frominterfering with the operation of the slide-clamp 16.

The device herewith presented is an improvement on the structureillustrated, described, and claimed in Letters Patentissued to me onJuly 16, 1901, No. 678,668, .and should be read in connection therewith.

When a fabric has been introduced between the stud and the inner face ofthe arm 10 and stopped by contact with the spring-tongue 19, theslide-clamp 16 is moved outwardly manually and in so moving pressestogether or approximates the spring-arms 10 11 and presses the studthrough the aperture 17. In passing through the aperture 17 the stud 18carries a portion of the fabric or garment within and through the saidaperture and binds the same firmly and strongly against the margin ofthe aperture. The degree of passage of the stud through the aperture 17is determined by the thickness of the fabric engaged thereby and thethickness of the spring-tongue 19. By providing the springtongue 19,lying between the inner faces of the spring-arms, Iavoid passing of thetongue through either of the spring-arms and at the same time provide asecure abutment or stop for the edge of the cloth, whereby the entranceof the cloth between the spring-arms is limited and determined.

I claim as my invention- The garment-clasp,comprising a clasp-body madeof spring metal doubled upon itself to form an eye and having its armsof approximately equal length and width and extended from the eye incontiguity with each other, one of the spring-arms of the clasp-bodybeing formed with an aperture near its eX- tremity, a stud on theopposite spring-arm arranged for traversing said aperture, which stud isof conical form with a rounded apex, ears projecting laterally from theforward portions of the spring-arms, a clamp slidingly mounted on thespring-arms between the ears and the eye and arranged to compress thesaid arms in a forward movement of the clamp, and a spring-tongue fixedto the inner face of one of the spring-arms and extended toward theopposite arm when the device is open, the end of said spring-tonguebeing back of and below the apex of said stud, said spring-tongueserving as an abutment to limit the entrance of a garment or fabricbetween the spring-arms.

Signed by me at Des Moines, Iowa, this 22d day of June, 1001.

SAMUEL KATZ.

Witnesses:

S. 0. SWEET, H ARRY KATZ.

